GPRS

ALSO CALLED:
General Packet Radio ServiceDEFINITION: General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) is a packet-based wireless communication service that promises data rates from 56 up to 114 Kbps and continuous connection to the Internet for mobile phone and computer users. The higher data rates allow users to take part in video conferences and interact with multimedia Web sites and similar applications using mobile handheld devices as well as notebook computers.
Definition continues below.

WEBCAST:
This webcast to examines the management solution that the Credit Union of Colorado decided to implement in order to achieve a true information management strategy and ensure recoverability and compliance.

VIDEO:
Prefabricated data centers allow you to do just this. Access this video to learn how prefabricated IT and hydronics modules from Schneider Electric allow you to deliver a flexible and efficient data center built specifically for your needs without any of the guesswork.

VIDEO:
In this case study, find out how the cloud was used to deliver a secure networking and virtual desktop to keep world leaders and media seamlessly connected, as well as ensure significant cost savings from the event.

PODCAST:
Download this podcast to hear from David E. Williams, President of Health Business Group and Rebecca Kaul, President of the UPMC Technology Development Center who discuss the latest trends in clinical documentation practices and some challenges that come with it. Click now as they unveil 6 key guidelines for successful implementation.

WEBCAST:
This webcast explores the need for operational efficiency in the modern enterprise and why network monitoring and management is so vital. View now to uncover details of a portfolio of networking products that can help you with network visibility, troubleshooting, and more!

PODCAST:
Cloud services can support businesses in various ways, from managed hosting and server virtualization to on-demand storage and computing capabilities. Check out this podcast to learn how AT&T's cloud services can help support your business today.

VIRTUAL SEMINAR:
Access this webcast today to listen as Darren O'Loughlin, CSO for Dimension Data's global business enabling IT as a Service, shares strategic objectives for securing applications and workloads on an enterprise-class cloud.

VIDEO:
This brief on-demand webcast provides information about the software-defined data center, explaining what this converged infrastructure trend is and how it can benefit your organization. Also inside, learn about the role of software-defined networking (SDN).

VIDEO:
Leave the complexity of your legacy data center network and upgrade to a revolutionary 3-2-1 data center network architecture that will help make your organization cloud-ready today and for years to come.

WEBCAST:
To keep pace in the changing IT landscape, virtualization and high-traffic cloud environments are a must. This brief video highlights Dell networking s5000 and explains how it can transform your networking landscape.

GPRS DEFINITION (continued): GPRS is based on Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication and complements existing services such circuit-switched cellular phone connections and the Short Message Service (SMS).In theory, GPRS packet-based services cost users less than circuit-switched services since communication channels are being used on a shared-use, as-packets-are-needed basis rather than dedicated to only one user at a time. It is also easier to make applications available to mobile users because the faster data rate means that middleware currently needed to adapt applications to the slower speed of wireless systems GPRS definition sponsored by SearchMobileComputing.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary

TechTarget provides enterprise IT professionals with the information they need to perform their jobs - from developing strategy, to making cost-effective IT purchase decisions and managing their organizations' IT projects - with its network of technology-specific Web sites, events and magazines